The Family Archives

It's the Fourth of July.  You've got a plate of hot dogs.  How many do you eat?  Two, maybe three?  How about 76?  With buns.  If that sounds humanly impossible, we have proof that it's not.  To be fair, only one person has ever done it.  His name is Joey Chestnut, and you may say that he has an unfair advantage because even his name is food, but Geoffrey is a competitive eater himself and neither...

If Kristyn sounds strange today, it's because she's not Kristyn.  She's Lauren.  In a lot of ways, Lauren is the anti-Kristyn.  Kristyn is on the west coast, Lauren is on the east.  And...I guess that's about it.  She's not even really the anti-Tom either, because she agrees that movies are too long, including Top Gun: Maverick.  Is there anyone she doesn't get along with? See omnystudio.com/liste...

Have you heard about the almost supernatural bond twins have?  Real twins, not The Twins.  There's nothing supernatural about what they do.  I'm talking about the fact that they seem to be able to communicate without even speaking.  Apparently this ability crosses the boundary between our world and the next.  At least, if Elvis is to be believed.  And speaking of which, there's a new Elvis movie o...

Peter Borne, owner of the world's only floating recording studio stops by to plug his summer concert series and in the meantime, cut a commercial live, on the air for Walser Automotive. We breifly turn to electric cars but spend more time talking about an all original 1956 Hammond B3 organ that hadn't been played in 4 decades. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com...

Ever have a company you have been doing  business with for year merge with another company? In America right now customer service is at an all time low.  Agree or not? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The world is ending.  We're all going to die.  To be more specific, right wing people are potentially going to be allowed to say whatever they want on Twitter. Dancing is just harmless fun, right?  Wrong.  Dancing will put you in a nursing home at the age of 30. You know, GOOD TIMES right!? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Le...

There are some foods that can only be described as "polarizing".  Things like gefilte fish, Marmite, and salty licorice.  About 95% of people won't touch it, the other 5% can't live without it.  But there's a classification below that.  It's not quite controversial, but it still inspires revulsion in at least some people.  Mayonnaise and Velveeta are two such foods.  Especially when you combine th...

Depending on your age, MAD could mean a few different things.  In the 50s, it was a magazine.  In the 60s and 70s, it was Mutual Assured Destruction.  Now there's a new acronym in town: Massive Attacks of Disruption.  We've seen a few just in the past few years.  Pandemics, riots, and the chip shortage have caused some of the biggest disruptions in the history of humanity, and they all happened in...

Are we still in the space age?  It depends on who you ask.  Officially, yes.  But NASA hasn't launched a shuttle in over a decade.  We haven't set foot on a non-earth object in 50 years.  So what's so spacey about the current age?  Privatization, for one.  Everyone's upset at the ultra wealthy multi-billionaires that seem so common these days, but a lot of those billionaires have a keen interest i...

People like comfort zones.  This has become exponentially more true as social media has gotten more popular.  Now you can literally surround yourself with like-minded sycophants at the push of a button.  No longer do you have to suffer the slings and arrows of polite disagreement.  And while that may seem nice for a while, it's not a constructive way to live.  Getting out of your comfort zone make...

America has a problem with mind-altering substances.  Alcohol, fentanyl, weed.  We want it all so we don't have to think too hard about the real world.  This isn't a good thing.  But who's to blame?  Shadowy corporations getting us all hooked?  Humanity's proclivity for escapism?  Or maybe it's reality's fault for being so crappy.  Lucky for you, there's a way to leave reality without getting drun...

Every day, we're all flooded with negativity.  At least, those of us who watch the news or use social media are.  How do we cope?  Tia suggests that you Arrive At Happy.  Yes, happiness is a choice, but it's not a literal choice.  You don't just decide to be happy one day.  What you do decide is to increase the positivity in your life.  For example, stop watching the news.  There are other paths. ...

Every generation thinks they've got parenting all figured out.  The one before them was old-fashioned and lacking in scientific method.  The one after them is too new-age and experimental.  Of course, in reality, no generation has parenting all figured out.  We probably never will.  There are some universal truths about childhood that we've learned over the years, though.  For example, don't let y...

This time the AF stands for something else. Try to guess what it is. I dare you! Subscribe like share See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Streaming is the name of the game.  We've had this conversation before, but we've never mentioned frame interpolation or contrast ratio before.  We're much more intellectual now.  We even talk about Van Gogh. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Brent Alpert, board member for the Minnesota street rod association, joins us in studio to talk about the 48th annual Back to the Fifties car show, One of the largest in the United States. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's that time again: time to fix all of the world's issues.  Today we're solving human stupidity.  Ideally, it will no longer exist once this episode is over.  Yes, it's a tall order, but if anyone can solve a fundamental problem with the human species, it's us.  Next time we'll tackle messiah complexes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

Benevolence is a good thing.  It means making the world a better place just because you can.  The past few years have reminded us that benevolence is the exception, not the rule.  But it does exist.  Ari's book catalogues a few such examples.  Even something as simple as being friendly can improve the world to a small degree, and it takes virtually no effort.  Be benevolent.  Be one of the few.  Y...

There's a word you're not allowed to say.  Actually, there are several, but you probably guessed the one I'm talking about.  And if you're a Soundcloud rapper, you probably think you're immune to this rule.  No longer.  Reverend Christopher has demanded an end to it.  And it makes sense.  A word can't be horribly offensive and casually flung around at the same time.  That's called hypocrisy, and h...

Remember the good old days of TV?  No, I mean even older.  Like before sound was invented.  A piano track and some dialog cards, that's all you need.  Now we not only have spoken dialog, but things like coherent plots and realistic acting.  When did things get so complicated? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about...

Everyone loves dinosaurs.  Why?  Nobody knows.  It could be the mystique of something that no longer exists.  It could be because they're big, and that's cool.  It could be because Winston tastes good like a cigarette should.  Whatever the reason, they've captivated humanity, and Steve is helping them do it by digging up their bones.  Hey, skeletons are cool too.  Skeletons and dinosaurs at the sa...

Apparently Tim Lammers isn't actually Tom Cruise's biggest fan.  That honor goes to Mike Bryant, and he didn't even know it.  It took a non-believer like Kathryn for him to figure it out.  He's been a fan since the early 80s.  And speaking of a million years ago, one of Tom's co-workers from well before the KQ years calls in out of the blue.  You've heard Tom talk about the old days.  Now the old...

Basketball has changed over the years.  These days, basketball players are 11 feet tall and can throw a basketball at the speed of sound.  Or something like that.  In years gone by, it was much more methodical.  You had a designated shooter, and players listened to the coach.  That coach was Ray Scott.  He's still got his finger on the pulse of the game, so he can tell you just how different thing...

You can't say you are a federal agent to hook up...Or can you? No politics this week. Just an easy to listen to podcast becauseyou deserve it. Share subscribe like. Enjoy! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Remember the days you could laugh at Groucho and not feel guilty about it or when you could leave your house and not worry about texts, emails and phone calls! Just leaving the front door, you were immediately off the grid. Well reminisce with us today on the Best Of The Family, completely free of charge! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...